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Ratan Tata, former Chairman of Tata Sons, passed away at age 86, in Mumbai on October 9, 2024. He had been one of the greatest industrialists and philanthropists worldwide who led Tata Group to great success across the globe and invested in numerous ventures. His demise is a great loss for India’s business world and philanthropy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ratan Tata was an Indian industrialist, philanthropist, and former chairman of the Tata Group. He was appreciated for his important contributions to the business world and for his philanthropic work. His demise occurred at the age of 86 years. His death was reported on October 9, 2024, when he was admitted to Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital due to age-related sicknesses, and later shifted to the ICU.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ratan Tata Biography<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Birth<\/b><\/td>\n28 December 1937<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Birth Place<\/b><\/td>\nColaba Area of Bombay\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Current Age<\/b><\/td>\n86 years<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Education<\/b><\/td>\nCornell University (B.Ar)<\/span><\/p>\n

Harvard Business School (AMP)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Family<\/b><\/td>\nNaval Tata (Father)<\/span><\/p>\n

Sooni Commissariat (Mother)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Occupation<\/b><\/td>\n\n
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  • Former Chairperson of Tata Sons and Tata Group<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Philanthropist<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Investor<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Title<\/b><\/td>\nChairman Emeritus, Tata Sons and Tata Group<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Predecessor<\/b><\/td>\nJRD Tata<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Awards<\/b><\/td>\nPadma Vibhushan (2008)<\/span><\/p>\n

Padma Bhushan (2000)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Net Worth<\/b><\/td>\nRs. 3800 crores<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Famous Quotes<\/b><\/td>\n\u201cI don\u2019t believe in making the right decisions. I take decisions and then make them right.\u201d<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Ratan Tata: Birth, Age, Family, and Education<\/b><\/h2>\n

Born on 28 December 1937 in Bombay, British India (now Mumbai), Ratan Tata is the son of Naval Tata and Sooni Commissariat. They separated when Ratan Tata was 10 years old. He was subsequently legally adopted by his grandmother Navajbai Tata through the J. N. Petit Parsi Orphanage. Ratan Tata was raised along with half-brother Noel Tata who is the son of Naval Tata and Simone Tata.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 84-year old attended Campion School in Mumbai, Cathedral and John Connon School in Mumbai, Bishop Cotton School in Shimla, and Riverdale Country School in New York City. He graduated from Cornell University and Harvard Business School.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ratan Tata as Chairman of Tata Sons<\/b><\/h2>\n

When JRD Tata stepped down from the chairmanship of Tata Sons in 1991, he appointed Ratan Tata as the chairman. This was opposed by most of the company presidents who had given decades to their company. However, Tata retaliated by instituting a retirement age and so began to phase out these aging gentlemen leaders. He further ensured that each of the companies reported directly to the group office. Under his guidance, the corresponding entities of Tata Sons were harmonized to form a cohesive and synergized organization.<\/span><\/p>\n

Revenues increased by over 40 times and profits by more than 50 times during his 21-year tenure. He has successfully managed Tata Tea’s acquisition of Tetley, Tata Motors’ acquisition of Jaguar Land Rover, and Tata Steel’s acquisition of Corus in the process of transforming the organization from a largely India-centric entity to a global powerhouse.<\/span><\/p>\n

He is also said to have created the Tata Nano car. The car was priced at a level to become within anyone’s budget in India.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ratan Tata stepped down as Chairperson of Tata Sons when he turned 75 on 28 December 2012. Cyrus Mistry was to take over, but the Board of Directors and the Legal division decided his fate, voting for him to be expelled as chairman by the latter on 24 October 2016, reinstalling Ratan Tata as the interim chairman.<\/span><\/p>\n

With this in mind, Ratan Tata set up a search committee comprising of Ratan Tata, Venu Srinivasan-the chairman of the TVS Group, Amit Chandra-from Bain Capital, former diplomat Ronen Sen, and Lord Kumar Bhattacharya to find Ratan Tata’s successor. On January 12, 2017, the committee confirmed Natarajan Chandrasekaran as the Chairperson of Tata Sons.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ratan Tata invested his savings in\u00a0 Snapdeal, Teabox, and CashKaro.com. He also invested in companies like Ola Cabs, Xiaomi, Nestaway, and Dogspot.<\/span><\/p>\n

Philanthropic Work of Ratan Tata<\/b><\/h2>\n

Being an education supporter, medicine, and rural development supporter, Ratan Tata supported the University of New South Wales Faculty of Engineering in enhancing water quality for challenged areas.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Tata Education and Development Trust has endowed a lovely $28 million Tata Scholarship Fund, which Cornell University can utilize for undergraduate students from India. The amount will support about 20 students each year under this scholarship.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2010, Tata Group companies and their charitable foundations contributed $50 million to the Harvard Business School (HBS) for an executive center.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has donated $35 million to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) for a building dedicated to research of cognitive systems and autonomous vehicles. This is the largest donation any company has ever made, and the 48,000 square-foot building is named TCS Hall.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2014, a staggering amount of Rs. 950 million was donated by the Tata Group to the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, thus establishing the Tata Center for Technology and Design (TCTD). This was the institute’s largest contribution ever received.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tata Trusts gave the Centre for Neuroscience at the Indian Institute of Science a generous grant of \u20b9750 million to understand the mechanisms that cause Alzheimer’s disease and develop methods to diagnose and treat it much earlier.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Tata Group founded the MIT Tata Center of Technology and Design at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, focusing on the developing challenges in resource-constrained communities, beginning with India.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ratan Tata’s wife.<\/b><\/h2>\n

“I came close to getting married four times, and each time I backed off in fear or for one reason or another,” Ratan Tata recalled in 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n

He once loved a girl in Los Angeles while he was working there, but he had to return to India due to a family member’s illness. The girl’s parents refused to let her travel to India. Tata remained steadfast in his commitment and remains unmarried to this day.<\/span><\/p>\n

Awards\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n

Ratan Tata was awarded many awards and honors. Some of them are listed below:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Year<\/b><\/td>\nName<\/b><\/td>\nAwarding Organization<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2000<\/b><\/td>\nPadma Bhushan<\/b><\/td>\nGovernment of India<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/b><\/td>\nPadma Vibhushan<\/b><\/td>\nGovernment of India<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2001<\/b><\/td>\nHonorary Doctor of Business Administration<\/b><\/td>\nOhio State University<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004<\/b><\/td>\nMedal of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay<\/b><\/td>\nGovernment of Uruguay<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004<\/b><\/td>\nHonorary Doctor of Technology<\/b><\/td>\nAsian Institute of Technology.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/b><\/td>\nHonorary Doctor of Science<\/b><\/td>\nUniversity of Warwick.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/b><\/td>\nHonorary Doctor of Science<\/b><\/td>\nIndian Institute of Technology Madras<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/b><\/td>\nResponsible Capitalism Award<\/b><\/td>\nFor Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/b><\/td>\nHonorary Fellowship<\/b><\/td>\nThe London School of Economics and Political Science<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/b><\/td>\nCarnegie Medal of Philanthropy<\/b><\/td>\nCarnegie Endowment for International Peace<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/b><\/td>\nHonorary Doctor of Law<\/b><\/td>\nUniversity of Cambridge<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/b><\/td>\nHonorary Doctor of Science<\/b><\/td>\nIndian Institute of Technology Bombay<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/b><\/td>\nHonorary Doctor of Science<\/b><\/td>\nIndian Institute of Technology Kharagpur<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/b><\/td>\nHonorary Fellowship<\/b><\/td>\nThe Institution of Engineering and Technology<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/b><\/td>\nInspired Leadership Award<\/b><\/td>\nThe Performance Theatre<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/b><\/td>\nHonorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)<\/b><\/td>\nQueen Elizabeth II<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/b><\/td>\nLife Time Contribution Award in Engineering for 2008<\/b><\/td>\nIndian National Academy of Engineering<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/b><\/td>\nGrand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic<\/b><\/td>\nGovernment of Italy<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/b><\/td>\nHonorary Doctor of Law<\/b><\/td>\nUniversity of Cambridge<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/b><\/td>\nHadrian Award<\/b><\/td>\nWorld Monuments Fund<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/b><\/td>\nOslo Business for Peace Award<\/b><\/td>\nBusiness for Peace Foundation<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/b><\/td>\nLegend in Leadership Award<\/b><\/td>\nYale University<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/b><\/td>\nHonorary Doctor of Laws<\/b><\/td>\nPepperdine University<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/b><\/td>\nBusiness for Peace Award<\/b><\/td>\nBusiness for Peace Foundation<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/b><\/td>\nBusiness Leader of the Year<\/b><\/td>\nThe Asian Awards.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012<\/b><\/td>\nDoctor of Business honoris causa<\/b><\/td>\nUniversity of New South Wales<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012<\/b><\/td>\nGrand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun<\/b><\/td>\nGovernment of Japan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/b><\/td>\nForeign Associate<\/b><\/td>\nNational Academy of Engineering<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/b><\/td>\nTransformational Leader of the Decade<\/b><\/td>\nIndian Affairs India Leadership Conclave 2013<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/b><\/td>\nErnst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year \u2013 Lifetime Achievement<\/b><\/td>\nErnst & Young<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/b><\/td>\nHonorary Doctor of Business Practice<\/b><\/td>\nCarnegie Mellon University<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014<\/b><\/td>\nHonorary Doctor of Business<\/b><\/td>\nSingapore Management University<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014<\/b><\/td>\nSayaji Ratna Award<\/b><\/td>\nBaroda Management Association<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014<\/b><\/td>\nHonorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE)<\/b><\/td>\nQueen Elizabeth II<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014<\/b><\/td>\nHonorary Doctor of Laws<\/b><\/td>\nYork University, Canada<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/b><\/td>\nHonorary Doctor of Automotive Engineering<\/b><\/td>\nClemson University<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/b><\/td>\nSayaji Ratna Award<\/b><\/td>\nHonoris Causa, HEC Paris<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016<\/b><\/td>\nCommander of the Legion of Honour<\/b><\/td>\nGovernment of France<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2018<\/b><\/td>\nHonorary Doctorate<\/b><\/td>\nSwansea University<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2021<\/b><\/td>\nAssam Baibhav<\/b><\/td>\nGovernment of Assam<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Also read: SSC CPO Admit Card 2024<\/a><\/p>\n

Ratan Tata Families<\/b><\/h2>\n

1. Jamshedji Nusserwanji Tata<\/b>– he is the Founder of Tata Group and India’s biggest conglomerate company. He was married to Hirabai Daboo.<\/span><\/h2>\n

2. Dorabji Tata<\/b> The elder son of Jamshedji Tata and second chairman of the Tata Group. His wife was Meherbai Tata, who was the paternal aunt of the famous nuclear scientist Homi J. Bhabha.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Ratanji Tata- <\/b>The younger son of Jamshedji Tata. He was the first to do research on poverty. He married Navajbai Tata. His wife adopted an orphan boy, Naval, who was the grand-nephew of Hirabai Tata, and raised him as her own son.<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Naval Tata-<\/b> Adopted son of Navajbai Tata. His biological father was Hormusji Tata. His maternal grandmother was the sister of Hirabai Tata. he was a Director in several Tata companies, an ILO member, and recipient of Padma Bhushan, Naval Tata had three sons– Ratan Tata (5th chairperson of Tata Group), Jimmy Tata, and Noel Tata (Chairperson of Trent Limited) from two marriages.<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata<\/b> was one of the first stalwarts to service the Tata Group. His father Dadabhoy and his mother Jamshedji Tata, Jeevanbai, were siblings. He married Suzanne Bri\u00e8re and the couple had five children including J.R.D. Tata and Sylla Tata.<\/span><\/p>\n

6. J.R.D. Tata-<\/b> He was the fourth Chairperson of Tata Group. He was also the founder of Tata Airlines which later became Air India.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

7. Sylla Tata-<\/b> JRD Tata’s elder sister married Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, founder of the first textile mill in India. Her sister-in-law\u00a0 Rattanbai Petit, was married to Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan. Dina Jinnah, Jinnah’s only child was married to Neville Ness Wadia.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ratan Tata’s Famous Quotes\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n